The main principles of implementing APQP plan

• Organize the team: the supplier’s first step in product quality

planning is to assign responsibility to a cross functional team.
• Define the scope: it is important for the product quality
planning team in the earliest stage of the product program.
• Team-to-team: the product quality planning team must
establish lines of communication with other customer and
supplier teams.
• Training: the success of a product quality plan is dependent
upon an effective training program that communicates all the
requirements and development skills.
• Customer and supplier involvement: the primary customer
may initiate the quality planning process with a supplier.
• Concurrent engineering: it is a process where cross functional
teams strive for a common goal.
• Control plans: control plans are written
descriptions of the systems for controlling parts
and processes.
• Concern resolution: during the planning
process, the team will encounter product
design and/or processing concerns.
• Product quality timing plan: the product quality
planning team’s first task should be the
development of a timing plan.
• Plans relative to the timing chart: the success
of any program depends on meeting customer
needs and expectations in a timely manner at a
cost that represents value.
 APQP Inputs and Outputs by Section
Section 1: Plan and Define
Inputs into Section 1: Outputs of Section 1:

• Voice of the Customer • Design Goals

• Market research • Reliability and Quality Goals
• Historical issues • Preliminary Bill of Material (BOM)
• Team experience • Preliminary Process Flow
• Business Plan and Marketing • Preliminary list of Special
Plan Characteristics
• Product and Process • Product Assurance Plan
Benchmark • Gateway approval
• Product and Process
Assumptions
• Product Reliability Studies
• Customer Inputs as
applicable
Section 2: Product Design and Section 3: Process Design and
Development Development

Outputs of Section 2: Outputs of Section 3:

• Design FMEA (DFMEA) • Packaging Standards and Specifications

• Design for Manufacturing and Assembly • Quality System Review
(DFM/A)
• Process Flow Chart
• Design Verification
• Design Review
• Floor Plan Layout
• Prototype Control Plan • Characteristics Matrix
• Engineering Drawings CAD the Master • Process FMEA (PFMEA)
• Engineering Specifications • Pre-Launch Control Plan
• Material Specifications • Process Instructions
• Change Control for Drawings • Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA)
• New Equipment, Tooling and Facilities Plan
Requirements
• Preliminary Process Capability Plan
• Special Product and Process Characteristics
• Gages / Testing Equipment Requirements
• Gateway Approval
• Team Feasibility Commitment and Gateway
approval
Section 4: Product and Process Section 5: Feedback Assessment and
Validation Corrective Action

Outputs of Section 4: Outputs of Section 5:

• Significant Production Run • Reduced Variation
• MSA Results • Improved Customer Satisfaction
• Process Capability Studies • Improved Delivery Performance
• Production Part Approval Process • Effective Use of Lessons Learned
(PPAP)
• Production Validation Testing
• Packaging Evaluation
• Production Control Plan
• Quality Planning Sign-Off and
Gateway approval